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On Nov. 8, workers at the Barnes & Noble store at the Almaden Plaza Shopping Center in San Jose, Calif., voted by a 90 percent margin in favor of union representation by UFCW Local 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The government-conducted election culminated a months-long campaign where workers overcame strong company opposition to join the growing number of unionized Barnes & Noble locations that include New York City<\/a>; Brooklyn, N.Y<\/a>.; Hadley, Mass<\/a>.; and Rutgers, N.J.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Issues that spurred the campaign included low and stagnant wages, inadequate health benefits, and a failure of management to address health and safety concerns at the workplace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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 \u201cI voted for the union because I want us all to have fair wages and good benefits and to feel safe at work,\u201d said Sabrina Maupas, one of the store\u2019s caf\u00e9 employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cI voted \u2018yes\u2019 because workers need to have rights, especially when things have shifted in a way that only the people at the top have the power while workers, acting on their own, have no power,\u201d said Marisa Olson, who also works at the store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cWe are seeing a bigger movement in retail organizing at companies that have always prided themselves as being \u2018progressive,\u2019\u201d said UFCW Local 5 organizer Freddi Farias. \u201cWorkers are beginning to see through the fa\u00e7ade and hold companies accountable to the values that they claim to have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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